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CCVC 1971-2011, 40 years of four wheeling in the capital! Page 1

Cross Country Chronicle

August 2011

www.ccvc.org.nz

The Official Magazine of

The Cross Country Vehicle Club (Wellington) Inc PO Box 38-762, Te Puni 5045, Wellington

1971—2011

40 years of four wheeling in the capital!



Position Name Home Phone Work Phone Cellphone Email

Club Officers

President Ralph Dobson 526 5119 568 5562 027 494 6699 [email protected]

Vice President Stewart Burrell 529 7295 576 0813 021 999 263 [email protected]

Immed Past President Paul Adams 04 905 2343 027 594 1343 [email protected]

Secretary Dennis McKinlay 04 234 7317 04 496 9611 021 396 966 [email protected]

Treasurer David Kibblewhite 577 0680 021 765 554 [email protected]

Club Captain Charles Odlin 562 8657 04 498 2902 021 372 990 [email protected]

General Committee Members

Driver Training Officer Steve Mercer 233 1121 386 0300 027 442 2898 [email protected]

Entertainment Officer John Vruink 567 1142 027 443 9981 027 443 9981 [email protected]

Membership Officer Mike Stephens 04 902 2559 021 260 0975 [email protected]

Land Access Manager Grant Purdie 233 1207 021 612 216 021 612 216 [email protected]

New Members Officer Steve O’Callaghan 235 9849 021 131 0647 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Alan Donaldson 564 3045 914 8352 021 448 127 [email protected]

Publicity Officer Stewart Burrell 529 7295 576 0813 021 999 263 [email protected]

Radio Officer Ian Hutchings 478 5863 474 2940 021 435 675 [email protected]

Safety Officer Murray Taylor 04 473 0554 04 934 0554 027 448 1044 [email protected]

Trip Coordinator John Parfitt 477 0267 021 280 0170 [email protected]

Competitions Officer Neil Blackie 04 587 0456 04 474 7806 027 510 9801 [email protected]

NZ4WDA Delegate Morris Jury 04 566 6197 04 499 0933 021 629 600 [email protected]

Appointments and Other Useful People

Archivist Ralph Dobson 526 5119 568 5562 027 494 6699 [email protected]

Asset Manager Duncan Grocott 04 528 3491 027 487 6676 [email protected]

Assistant Trip Coordinator

Club Night Photo’s David Coxon 567 4501 463 4263 027 451 0361 [email protected]

Club Recovery Anthony (Ant) Reid 04 973 8262 021 061 1831 [email protected]

Help desk John Parfitt 477 0267 021 034 0400 [email protected]

Membership Database Mike Stephens 902 2559 021 260 0975 [email protected]

External Search & Rescue

Track Maintenance

Trophy Officer Alan Donaldson 564 3045 914 8352 021 448 127 [email protected]

Webmaster Murray Wills [email protected]

Welfare Gillian George 232 4200 [email protected]

The club meets at 7:30pm on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Petone Working Men’s Club, Udy Street, Petone.

CCVC Life Members

Tom Adams Graham Barr George Bean (Deceased) Leith Bean Peter Boniface (Deceased)

Stuart Brown Andy Cockroft Owen Farghar Mike Gall John Hughes

Bob Jeffery (Deceased) Heather Jeffery Ron Johnson Steve Lacey Colin Landy

Phil Lewton Vern Lill Bruce Mulhare Raynor Mulhare Ron Oliver (Deceasesed)

Peter Osborne Ross Perkins Grant Purdie Tony Street Ron Wadham

Cross Country Vehicle Club (Wellington) Inc PO Box 38-762 Te Puni 5045 Wellington www.ccvc.org.nz


WANTED: Society Gossip, Scandal, Rumour, and if all else fails, NEWS!

Photos also very welcome ….

Winter is upon us and sometimes the cold puts you off getting out and about - but

there are still good trips to be had on the club calendar. Some may even get to the

snow!

John V is away on holiday (Australia I think so no doubt he will be a bit warmer

that we will be!!!) during August but is still accepting orders for 40th anniversary

glasses if you want to make up a set - just email him and he will sort on his return.

Better go and send this off to the printers, keep sending me stuff!!!

Alan!

WHEN HELP IS NEEDED Should any members fail to return from any outing, four wheel drive or otherwise, whether as a club member or as a private individual, the fol-

lowing person/s should be contacted in the first instance:

Anthony Reid 973 8262 or 027 273 6579 or 021 061 1831 Morris Jury 566 6197 or 021 629 600

Gavin Holden 478 4666 or 027 249 1959

MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS This is your magazine so it can only be as good as the contributions you make!! We need any articles, trip reports,

technical items, “How-to’s”, etc to be in the hands of the editor by the end of each calendar month. Please email to [email protected] or post to 34a Hine Rd, Wainuiomata or fax to 04 914 8366.

DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the club, it’s executive or committee members. Publication of main-tenance techniques or mechanical modifications should be weighed against generally accepted procedures and the Club should not be considered an authority in this area.

The mention of products, service procedures or service organisations herein does not constitute endorsement by the Club, the Cross Country Chronicle or it’s Editor.

We (CCVC) have been advised by the Petone Working Men‟s Club that everyone who is not a member of the Petone Work-ing Men‟s Club MUST sign in when they enter the club, including CCVC members attending club nights, meetings, etc. This is standard procedure for licensed clubs and it is a legal requirement that this be done so please ensure you sign in as a visitor whenever you attend CCVC events at the Petone Working Men‟s Club (if you are not a member of PWMC of course). It is very important that we comply with their request if we wish to maintain the good relationship we have with them.

Table of Contents

Cover On the beach during the Akitio trip

P. 3 Club Officers, Committee Members

P. 4 Help, Index, Editorial Rambling

P. 5 Safety Inspectors, National Events

P. 6 Sub-Committees, Presidents Piece

P. 7 Day 5 South Island Summer Escape

P. 8 Anniversary Glasses

P. 9 Grass planting, Wellington south coast

P. 12 Thank you letter

P. 13 Red Cross Christchurch donation

P. 14 Akitio 9 / 10 July

P. 16 Club Calendar - August to October

P. 17 Trip Categories

Editorial

Ramblings


Vehicle Inspectors

Dayal Landy

Gold Coast Mechanical

2 Epiha St, Paraparaumu

Ph. 04 902 9244

Antony Hargreaves Epuni Motors 1987 Ltd

2 - 6 Hawkins St, Lower Hutt

Ph. 04 569 3485

Dave Bowler

Pete Beckett

Bowler Motors Ltd

11 Raiha St, Porirua Ph. 04 237 7251

Grant Guy Richard Blair

G Guy Motors

61-63 Thorndon Quay, Wellington

Ph. 04 472 2020

Carl Furniss

Wellington 4WD Specialists

26 Hawkins Street, Lower Hutt Ph. 04 976 5325

NB: Please remember to call and

make an appointment before turning

up for an inspection!

National Events

Aug 19-21: Asset Finance Taupo 1000 The long-est, toughest offroad race in the southern hemisphere

- 1000km of high speed offroad race action over two days. See www.taupo1000.co.nz for more details.

Sept 17-18: Hawkes Bay 4WD Club Tough Truck

Challenge Teams of three club trucks (max tyre size

35” & at least 2 winches per team). Two day event with 15 timed sections. On site camping so teams

need to be self sufficient. Includes Gwavas forest sec-tion too. Contact Errol Lilley on 021 490 244 or email

[email protected]

Oct 01-02: Nelson Final of the Mickey Thompson 2011 Oranz National Championship

Oct 08-09: Manukau Winch Challenge More de-tails closer to the time.

Oct 22: National Trial Series Round I, Mt Egmont

4WD Club

Nov 12-13: 9th Annual Ahuroa Volunteer Fire Brigade Fundraiser Rodney Offroad Club. One hour

north of Auckland with two runs to choose from

(extreme and family), camping available. Costs $150 (driver & 1 passenger) for 1½ days driving, the farm-

ers dinner, breakfast. Contact Vicki on 027 572 2595 or [email protected]

Nov 20: National Trial Series Round II, South

Waikato

Nov 25-27: Wellington Winch Challenge To be

held at Rallywoods 4WD Park, more details closer to the time.

Dec 31: National Trial Series Round III, Wanganui

Jan 29, 2012: National Trial Series Round IV,

Cross Country Vehicle Club, Wellington

Mar 03, 2012: National Trial Series Round V, Bay

of Plenty 4WD Club

Apr 7, 2012: National Trial Series Final, Thames Valley 4WD Club

Some details in this column appear courtesy of Cathy

Parker, publisher of the New Zealand 4WD and Sport-vehicles magazine. Potential participants should con-

tact the event organiser; CCVC cannot take responsi-bility for any changes or inadvertent inaccuracies.

CCVC Trophies We are trying to find

out more details on the history of our club tro-

phies and awards:

things like previous win-ners, where the trophy

came from, what it was

originally given out for,

etc.

So if you know anything that we don‟t know (see

trophy page on the

website to see what we

do know) then please get in touch with a committee member or

drop an email to:

[email protected]


The club has the following sub committees running currently (convenor named first, where applicable):

60k: Terence Broad, Ron Johnson, Bruce Mulhare, Antony Royal, John Vruink, Mark Wolstenholme

Club Recovery: Anthony Reid, Morris Jury, Rodney Bracefield, Gavin Holden

Competition: Neil Blackie Deadwood: Paul Adams, Roger Seymour, Neil Blackie, Morris Jury, Nick Martin, Dennis Mckinley,

John Vruink & Ray Harkness

Emergency Comms & Radio: Ian Hutchings, Grant Purdie, Rodney Bracefield, Jim Johnson, Phil Lewton, Rick Smith, John Vruink, Mark Wolstenholme, Murray Wills, Steve Mercer, Tony Brown

Land Access: Grant Purdie, All trip leaders

Police Search & Rescue (SAR): ???

Safety: Murray Taylor, Carl Furniss, Peter King, Steve Mercer Trip Leaders Forum: Charles Odlin, All trip leaders

Web Project: Murray Wills, Grant Purdie, Stefen Cook, John Parfitt, Mike Stevens

The club also has the following external organisation liaison people:

Akatarawa Recreational Access Committee: Ralph Dobson, Charles Odlin & Grant Purdie

Dept of Conservation Head Office Liaison: Paul Adams

Foxton Beach Coast Care: Bruce Mulhare, Grant Purdie, Russell Stevens & John Vruink Friends of Belmont: Stewart Burrell

Greater Wellington Regional Council: Grant Purdie

Horowhenua District Council: Grant Purdie Tread Lightly!: Ralph Dobson

Wellington City Council: Grant Purdie & Barry Insull

Presidents Piece

Club Sub-Committees

Welcome to winter, after a mild start we have now had the weather that keeps us living in this paradise, not!.

For those that missed club night we had Stu Barton from the Tararua Club telling us about an amazing trip through Namibia and Botswana he did a couple of years back in a hired Land Cruiser camper.

The web sub-committee has been working hard and are so very close now to launching the new club web site,

a huge effort and it should make life easier for those that need to keep the information up to date, hopefully it will be more user friendly for all.

We look like introducing a new vehicle inspector in the upper valley to replace Gary Young from VTNZ who re-

tired earlier this year, Gary did a great job for years and is now taking it easy.

The Suzuki has been out a couple of times over the month, a trip down Karori stream with Ray and Dennis to

check out the Petone Working Mens Club‟s fishing hut. Twenty stream crossings down to the sea and finding a great spot with a warm fire burning, the pot on the stove and a view looking out to the Karori Light with the

swell crashing in. I for one am keen to spend a few summer evenings down here, an away trip on our back door step.

Next outing was again around the coast on Barry Insell‟s planting trip with the Council ranger. Turned up at

the appointed time to find Barry busy on the phone trying to locate our plants, half an hour later the truck

turned up with a tray load of plants native to this area. After unloading the plants twenty odd trucks headed around the coast to the first planting spot. Out with the spades and grubbers we soon had a few hundred na-

tives planted, a few rocks around their base to give them a chance against a howling southerly. It was good to see Andrew and Thomas Gee out in the family Jeep sporting a new set of Cooper AT‟s, well done on winning

the main prize on awards night. The day started off cold but as the morning progressed it warmed up as we moved on to the second spot after negotiating Devils Gate. The only recovery of the day was the ranger who

followed the little red zuki down onto the beach but failed to keep up. Ricks V8 80 series cruiser soon had the convoy moving again as we made our way back to Ross Perkins‟ bach for a cup of tea and a couple of sau-

sages. A good day and a great effort by the club putting something back into the community, well done.

A few winter trips coming up over the next few weeks, we have tons of rugby commitments but still hoping to

get out in the mud. See you all club night.


South Island Summer Escape Suzi Blue’s tales of Day 5

Piano Flat to Borland Lodge via South Arm of Manapouri

Hello! Suzi Blue here again to tell you about a part of my holiday in the South Island with my friends. I woke just after it was daylight at a very idyllic setting beside the Waikaia River at a place called Piano Flat (that‟s

what the humans called it anyway….I didn‟t see or hear a piano!) after a pleasant sleep lulled by the gently flowing river. My two humans Graeme and Linda were still asleep in the tent with the awning attached to my

side, so I could reflect on the strenuous time I had the day before. It had been a climb up to the top of the Old

Man Range where we could see around at all the mountain ranges we had climbed before and others we still had to climb. The views were fantastic! Then the fun began! Coming down Whitcomb Rd was an exciting ad-

venture. Graeme tied a bra on me….. “I‟m a big girl now”!!! The bra was to push aside the muddy water I would encounter on the track and stop it getting in my engine. The water was still cold and thick like mush-

room soup and it was out of one soup bowl and into the next all the way down the hill. One bowl hid a rock step and I bent my sill on it. The trip down was tiring especially as it took a while for all my friends to clear

each mud bath and some had to be helped through. I did it all under my own steam though.

Once Graeme and Linda had pulled down their tent and had their breakfast, (where was mine?) they shoved

their gear in through my back door. I do wish they would be a bit more gentle when they do that, my walls aren‟t made of elastic. Graeme does have a set place for everything and then it all has to be tied in with a

ratchet tie-down. Actually I wouldn‟t want it falling all around as I am trying to negotiate obstacles. That has happened before and I don‟t want to repeat it!

We went on the black stuff and shingle to the Borland Lodge and waited while Mr T’s driver Murray talked to

the camp people. We went up the Borland Rd hill and the humans had lunch at the very picturesque summit. I am so glad that Graeme gave me some lovely presents this last year. Among them was a new radiator so I

don‟t struggle up hills any more. I can just keep my cool and not get hot and bothered. Other presents this

last year have been a new muffler, (after my last one was rearranged on another trip) header extractors, new petrol tank and bash plate. I have had a new snorkel fitted, (actually this is my second one as the first one

kept making me very thirsty...just not big enough….I couldn‟t breathe properly) front bearings and brakes, running lights and new seats. New seatbelts had better be next so I stop ejecting my navigator! I also had this

metal thing mounted on my roof and it wasn‟t until we started this camping thing that I realised that it was to

(Continued on page 8)


CCVC 40th Anniversary Glasses

One 40th anniversary glass (as shown below) was given to each club member attending the recent 40th anni-

versary dinner - there are still some available for members who were unable to attend or for those members that would like to make up a set of six (or more?). If you would like more they are $7 each and should be or-

dered directly from John Vruink by email to [email protected]

put an awning on.

The route down to the Grebe lookout was a good shingle road. All the humans got out to admire the view and spot the hunters they could see beside the river, but then Prado Purple arrived in with steam or smoke pour-

ing out of his engine. Oh No! What had happened? The bonnet was gingerly opened. It was steam from a bro-ken water hose. He was left there to cool down while we all travelled down to the South Arm of Lake Man-

apouri and David went with Bas (Max and Gillian). There were lots of photos taken there, rocks gathered (Oh No not again!) and pesky sandflies which plagued the humans. They were all doing their version of the Aussie

sandfly wave and slap! Once back at the Grebe lookout, Dozer’s mate Greg and Digger’s mate Wayne

(actually Greg and Wayne were every truck‟s mates) peered into Prado Purple’s engine and fixed the problem with a piece of hose with a bolt through it to seal it and with three litres of water to fill it. I talked to Prado

Purple and he said that “The fuel leak I had from Day 3 on, which David has since found was caused by faulty fitting of a washer, caused a rubber cap over an unused outlet from the engine coolant (radiator water) to per-

ish and burst.” The engine temperature was very hot so it was lucky that he stopped at the lookout.

I was hearing some interesting comments over the radio about others of the group, Orange Peel, Black Rat, Runner, and Cooky who had gone to explore a zigzag track. Black Rat told me later that the zigzag was a

pretty steep climb and the surface became very loose. Orange Peel and Black Rat went up it first but Liz (Black

Rat’s navigator) elected to stay at the bottom. Bernice (Orange Peel’s navigator) bailed out close to the high point just before they had to make a steep hairpin turn within the legs of a pylon after which the surface be-

came very loose and they both had to scramble up it using their lockers. Cooky followed but he got stopped by the loose surface (he was after all only in 2WD due to some problem he was having with his front hubs)

and I think Runner (driven by John) was following closely and he also came to a standstill. Runner slowly backed down but Cooky had a tougher journey. He said he was reversing back a metre and it took two metres

to stop, very close to a drop off. Noel was heard to have commented over the radio on having a „sphincter clenching moment‟. (I had to cover my ears after that comment) It was very steep over the edge on 3 sides

and he couldn't see the track so had to rely on his navigator to direct him. Steve said that he thought Helen

(Runner’s navigator) bailed out at that point and slid down the track to the bottom. Ian and Steve walked on up the track a bit more but there was a further steep zigzag and the track ended after less than 2 km so they

just drove back down.

(Continued from page 7)



While all this was happening I was having my own challenges. Graeme went to start me and just got a click. My battery was dead. Bas had to resuscitate me with his lead thingies and when he took it off I backed around

to start off, let out an extremely embarrassing burp and black road dust exploded out my snorkel and my en-gine died again. Oops! Sorry about that but better out than in I suppose! All the humans around said it

pointed to a dead alternator. Couldn‟t be! I had only had that one for just over a year. But yes it definitely was. Bas tried resuscitating again for 15 minutes this time while all the humans stood in the shade of a bush

as it was so hot. I had to stand in the heat, surely a bit of moral support wouldn‟t have hurt them. My driver and navigator then hopped in, the lead thingies were detached and we were off, only to get about 10 -12 kilo-

meters down the road and my engine died again. I had to wait embarrassingly by the side of the road as all of

my buddies raced past and waved until Mr T turned up to resuscitate me. We managed to get to Borland Lodge and the humans pulled my alternator apart while the navigators started cooking a meal. It was found

that my alternator was so full of mud and dirt that the brushes weren‟t coming down and making contact with the armature. Whatever that means….I overheard the humans talking about it! I thought that mud from the

day before was bad! A good wash in hot water and my alternator was as good as new. It‟s amazing how good a Detox is to one‟s inside parts! It cleans out all the rubbish. I was able to sleep very soundly that night al-

though it was quite late before the humans finished operating.

On the last day of the trip, down the bottom of Skippers, I was just too tired and I threw a tantrum and broke

both rear bearings which in turn meant that my brakes stopped working. Graeme nursed me out by using 4wd engine braking only and I limped into Queenstown where I had to spend 24 hours at the garage. It was scary



Grass planting, Wellington south coast, July 2011



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Akitio 9th / 10th July

This trip is being written by me (Stewart) as my last visit to this region was with a less than reliable truck so I decided to take Daise (the bright Orange shorty Safari) on this one. As I was going away my then

„probie‟ (apprentice trip leader) Gregg managed the bookings. I am very happy to have had Jim‟s support on this to reclarify where we go on this trip and make the necessary contacts with the landowners.

Our day started out with a meeting for those keen at The Wild Oats cafe in Carterton for breke at 7.30am, (this of course meant getting up and leaving home around 6.45am! so much for a sleep in!) given the previous

bout of bad weather and the impending storm predicted for the region it looked like we would either be washed out or get some breaks allowing for a nice trip.

At the meeting point in Carterton, most called in to either partake in the breke with a roaring log fire going of

pick up a latte, we have a nice leisurely start to the day and left the cafe for the meeting point at the Mata-kana / Castlepoint roads for 10.30am with the sun out and quite pleasant with around 12 trucks. After the

meeting and briefing we followed the A framed trucks to the river crossing point at Matakana. The river whilst

a bit higher was still ok to cross after the landowner unlocked the gate to let us thru.

I had had a couple of calls from land managers advising certain parts condition so we had some choices to make as we progressed thru the trip. Our day had started in the sunshine and we made our way through the

first farm in what was very good condition farm tracks that had had some recent maintenance. After a diver-sion through our first field all truck were covered in mud looking like we had just driven through a mud bog!

One road std suzi had to be towed as the track required extra pressure on the loud pedal to get through.

We meandered our way over the hilly roads that were in remarkably dry condition complete with dust as the

road and track wound its way up the coast to the next property. We all had a stop at the forest gate to savour the view back to Castlepoint which whilst clear skies had the sea haze over it encouraged by a keen breeze.

The next farm was just as dry on the roads but the moment we hit the grassy areas it was quite slippery, mo-mentum our friend again. This got us thru the second farm with a ride of 15 minutes or so on gravel road to

Akitio and the accommodation centre for lunch and unpacking. Lunch was had with Sarah and Gareth staying at the centre for the afternoon watching over things for us whilst we were trying to get thru the next bit.

We drove north out of Akitio along Coast / River roads to Glenora road turning off into the station over a

bridge that had you thinking (what weight can this carry? hmmm...) once through the gate we followed the

road for a few kms before having to take a left gate which took us into the property further, the road petered out to a track and this is where the fun began in a gully entry Mrs Jim (Fiona) got sideways and has steam

coming from the engine, turned out a wire for the cooling fan was not connected and the truck was not in 4wd (no front hubs locked??), after these were sorted away she went. The downhill through the creek and rise up

was getting muddier as each vehicle went through with the hard option becoming even harder after Charles, Ross and a couple of safaris dug things out.

We proceeded around the track which whilst flattish was very heavy in places requiring driver concentration to

navigate through. As the track wound along with the flat parts being a challenge the hills were very dry until

we came to a particular downhill section with was so greasy the left hand ditch became the safe way down. We took the next path through a stand of trees and creek up a hill and struck about a foot (300mm) thick

boggy corner! The clay was so thick and gooey even the tuff trucks resolved it was impassable; my truck with (Continued on page 15)

in the dark….I didn‟t know anybody, all my friends were in Wanaka and strangers were tampering with my back end while I had to sit suspended up in the air.

At the final dinner I got an award for being the baby of the fleet as I had to be fed little and often throughout

the trip.

Thank you to Polcat and Mr T for a great trip, to Dozer and Digger for their MacGyver boxes of tricks and Bas for his lifeline. Thanks to all the rest of the team for their help and support and for the great fun we had.

Suzi Blue



all wheels spinning looked like a stranded crab as I came to a

standstill. The drivers came up for an evaluation of next action and it

was agreed that we should turn around and go back as there was a

more difficult bit ahead that would be worse than the bit we were in.

The return challenge was the slip-pery down section which after

Charles and Ross got up in readi-ness to pull or snatch other vehi-

cles turned out all drivers gave it heaps of right foot and all got up, I

maintain I dug it out for them (Go Daise!). We all managed to get

back after another play in the gully

which by now was impossible to climb even by Charles and Ross.

Shamus and co looked like the blues brothers in zoot suits cov-

ered in mud complete with black sunnies in Jims new buggy with no mudguards. As we went through the property exit some reaired back up

for the return to the accommodation just as a storm from was developing resulting in some spectacular light-ing and thunder claps, this went on into the night out to sea where you could see the flashes hitting the

ocean.

Dinner was had at the hall and then some went to the boating club to see how we went in the rugby, they

came back wishing they hadn‟t as the Crusaders lost to the Reds! The next morning after a good sleep and breke we cleaned the hall and departed around 8.45 south toward Castlepoint, except we had some challenges

climbing a big rock out crop on the beach and took the beach route with a slightly high tide lapping at the wheels in places, water bits on the track and of course the obligatory sand dune challenge! How far can you

climb up the dune? This proved to be the challenge of the day, I am pleased to report that I did make it up and was happy with where I got to, Charles and Mike took the petrols up further and then Jim and Shamus

took the suzi‟s up further still anas well as along the dune sideways and back down! Not quite making the top

crest but a long way us just the same.

After this fun we had some great beach driving to get back

along to the exit point requiring that river crossing in what had

been rising condition from the nights rain arriving at 12.00,

sure enough the river was up!

With Daise being behind Jim I was first in and through to

show the others all was ok.

After all managed to get back over the river this was air up

time and farewells to what was a great weekend of 4wheeling,

no scratchy bits and lots of op-

tions, Thanks to Greg for your support and Jim for showing us

around, this trip would be suit-able for Shiney trucks in sum-

mer so watch out for it, we will be running a trip around then.

Cheers Stewart, Jane, Zac in

Daise.



Are you a new member? Do you get the News emails from

the club? Do you have access to the club’s website member-

zone? If not then have a word with a committee member as

these are all ways in which the

club communicates with it’s members. Some useful email

addresses are:

[email protected] (general web site queries)

[email protected] (person who administers the list

servs) [email protected] (Trip

Coordinator) [email protected]

(to send stuff to the

newsletter editor) [email protected]

(membership database administrator)

[email protected] (Chairman of the Land

Access Management Committee)

[email protected]

g.nz (NZ Four Wheel Drive Association

delegate) [email protected]

(club treasurer) [email protected]

(club welfare officer) [email protected]

(Club night photo submis-

sion) [email protected]

(any general questions)

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Trip Categories

The following trip category definitions, plus any additional requirements specified on individual Trip Informa-

tion Sheets, will be enforced, for safety reasons. Trip Leaders will turn away vehicles or drivers that do not

comply. The vehicle and driver requirements given here are a summary of the full requirements listed on the

club website. Please refer to www.ccvc.org.nz for a definitive list of requirements.

For all Categories: All open or soft-top vehicles must have a roll bar or roll cage.

All Categories other than Family 4X4 are for members only. Prospective members and visitors are welcome

if they can demonstrate to the Trip Leader they are members of another club and have adequate experience.

Family 4X4:

Description: Family trip. These trips will be straightforward and will usually include some degree of guidance

in driving techniques as necessary.

Drivers: Particularly suited to family outings and drivers new to off-road driving, this category is also open to

anybody who enjoys this style of trip.

Members: Anybody is welcome, especially prospective new members.

Vehicles: An important objective is minimal challenge and minimal risk to vehicles. Club safety equipment is

mandatory for club members; it is not mandatory for non-members although it is recommended for vehicles

once their drivers have participated in one or two trips. All open or soft-top vehicles must have a roll bar or

roll cage.

Shiny 4x4:

Description: More difficult family trips, for shiny wagons and drivers with some experience who want more

challenge and don‟t mind minor bush marks etc on their vehicles.

Drivers: Must have some experience, particularly important are experience in stropping, failed hill climbs,

steep descents and sidelings. Club members must have completed CCVC Driver Training and participated in at

least 2 Family 4X4 trips after becoming a member.

Vehicles: Vehicles must have mud tyres, tow hooks and all the required equipment per the club‟s document

"Vehicle Safety & Equipment Inspections". This applies to all vehicles on the trip.

Club 4x4:

Description: Challenging trips, for experienced drivers. There will be steep and challenging terrain, modestly

deep water and mud, likelihood of bush marks.

Drivers: Must have experience beyond that required for Shiny 4x4 trips, including water crossings and vehicle

recovery. Club members must have participated in at least 2 Shiny 4X4 trips.

Vehicles: Must have mud tyres, tow hooks and all the required equipment per the club‟s document "Vehicle

Safety & Equipment Inspections". This applies to all vehicles on the trip. Accessories such as high-lift jacks,

externally mounted spare tyre, bush bars and multiple jacking points are of advantage. Winches are often par-

ticularly useful. Generally a short wheelbase vehicle is better suited for the tight tracks.

Hard Yakka:

Description: Difficult trips with very challenging terrain and surfaces, where winching, digging, and vehicle

damage are all a possibility!

Drivers: Experienced drivers only, must have approval of Trip Leader. Club members must have participated

in at least 3 Club 4X4 trips.

Vehicles: As per the Club 4x4 category. In addition, a roll-bar or roll-cage is recommended for all vehicles on

Hard Yakka trips. Often a winch is mandatory on a Hard Yakka trip; this will be specified on the Trip Informa-

tion Sheet


Tripsheet Eleven

Repairs and maintenance of all off road vehicles.

Modifications a speciality.

CCVC safety inspections

www.wgtn4wd.co.nz

Contact Carl at

Wellington 4WD Specialists Ltd 26 Hawkins Street

Lower Hutt

Phone (04) 976 5325, Fax (04) 976 5313 or 027 201 2529



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